no need for feeling ingnorant. I have been wanting to ask this very question. This happens to me ALL the time, especially when using light tackle.
I asked the guy at Cabela’s,and they said that I need to get a line that has little/no memory. WRONG!! Unless it is just operator error, the line with little memory at least for me is almost worse that anything else. I really hope you can get some answers to this question. It drives me nuts. I think I spend more time untwisting my line, than I actually do fishing.